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Sri Lanka delays fuel distribution as per QR Code system
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): The fuel distribution process for vehicles as per the QR code system in Sri Lanka, which was scheduled to commence today, will be delayed further, The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) said on Monday.
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Sri Lanka's besieged presidential office reopens after crackdown on protes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): After the Sri Lankan military crackdown on the anti-government protesters, the besieged presidential office reopened on Monday.
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Afghanistan: Economic crisis forces families and children to work in brick
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 25 (ANI): Due to looming economic problems, post the Taliban took over Afghanistan, a number of families and children in order to feed themselves are forced to work in brick factories.
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UNHCR sends at least 272 internally displaced persons back home from Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): A total of 272 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Xinhua reported citing the Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker governmen
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Pakistan continues to import luxury items despite ban
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): To pull the country out of the economic crisis, Pakistan had put a ban on the import of luxury items however country's finance minister now said that Islamabad continues to allow these imports.
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Pakistan: The Nuclear Power without a Stable Economy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Pakistan may have nuclear capabilities however the country is fighting with its fast exhausting foreign currency reserves and widening fiscal and current account deficits, along with a rupee that has lost almost 20 per cent of its value in just 7 month
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Unclear data on Chinese debts poses challenges for Sri Lanka's negotiation
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a tough task ahead of him negotiating a financial lifeline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help his country combat its worst-ever economic crisis but what makes the process diffic
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Rights group condemns assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): A New York-based rights group has condemned the assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka that led to injury to more than 50 people and the arrest of at least 9 others.
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Xi congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Wickremesinghe, looks forward t
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): China, which turned a blind eye to Sri Lanka while it struggled with the economic and political crisis, is now looking forward to advancing bilateral ties and traditional friendship between the two countries, as evident from President Xi Jinping's congratu
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India extended Line of Credit worth USD 1.85 bn to Sri Lanka in 10 years:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): India has extended 8 Lines of Credit (LOCs) to Sri Lanka amounting to USD 1850.64 million in the past 10 years, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Friday.
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New Sri Lankan PM Dinesh Gunawardena, 17 ministers take oath
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday along with 17 other cabinet ministers.
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Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday took oath as Sri Lanka's new prime minister.
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